About

I am pleased to welcome you to our website and invite you to browse the pages, which offer you information about our excellent programs and give you a glimpse into the caliber of our esteemed faculty, students, and staff.

We occupy three buildings on the Oxford campus and offer courses in art at our regional campuses in Middletown and Hamilton. We have a diverse, distinguished, and award-winning faculty who are passionate about their students and active in scholarly and professional circles. They, indeed, are the ones who see to it that our students have an all-round education that prepares them for the 21st century.

Accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design, with a graduate program that is ranked among the top 100 nation-wide, the Department of Art at Miami University offers first-rate professional instruction within a liberal arts education setting. Don't just take my word for it: take a look at our programs on the following pages or talk to anyone who is familiar with our truly outstanding art and design programs.

Contact us at art@MiamiOH.edu, or if you prefer, you can call me at 513-529-2900 to ask questions or schedule a tour.

Amanda Alexander, Chair and Professor

• We welcome ambitious and motivated students and foster their curiosity and freedom to experiment along their creative and intellectual paths.
• We offer diverse opportunities to experience, learn, and create within a rigorous and supportive environment that prepares students for successful professional lives.
• We are an internationally recognized teaching institution that balances a high level of research with intense and relevant student/faculty engagement, including interdisciplinary, entrepreneurial, and international experiences.
• We provide high-quality facilities including current technology and rich, original collections in our Art Museum and galleries that complement our four degree programs.
• We are a community — engaging our division, the university, and beyond with inclusive and innovative programs and creative research.
• We offer a unique set of programs that study the arts from varying perspectives, balancing the traditional with contemporary ways of making and understanding.
• We are a Department of Art within the context of a liberal arts institution, giving our students life-long skills of communication, writing, and critical thinking, to prepare them for success in college and beyond.

Miami University's art and design majors/programs and the Department of Art are accredited through the National Schools of Art and Design. NASAD is the premier accrediting body for arts schools/colleges. Our last site visit was in 2022-2023. From that site visit, NASAD stated: "The commission voted to continue the current membership status of the institution."